Here's how you can block Google Analytics in Windows.
1. Press the letter R and the Windows icon on your keyboard at the same time.
2. The run command will appear.
3. Enter this into the run command box, then click OK:
Notepad C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Hosts
4. Your host file will open in a Notepad window.
5. Enter the following three lines into your host file where “127.0.0.1 localhost” appears:
127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1 google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com
6. Click on File then Save.

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